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Mornin' all,
While I appreciate all the
reassurance of how easy the engine is to rebuild, that isn't the
problem. I've got all the tools, and have watched Bruce's video a
couple times. I've even taken engines apart, and done mock
assemblies. The only thing I haven't done is actually put one together
for real, but I have no doubt that I can do that.
The problem is that the
"weekend" it will take, will last at least a month because I would send
my rotors off to be ceramic coated. If I were to tear it down, I'd
also replace the apex seals with the new indestructible ones, because
some day there's going to be a supercharger on this engine :-) While
these upgrades are another reason to want to tear the engine down,
Murphy's law states that my engine components will be laying all over
the hanger when the county tells me to vacate. It's already going to
be a nightmare to move all my stuff out, and I don't want the
complication of trying to pack all this extra stuff up, and move it. I
sure will be glad when the hanger is rebuilt. If I decide to do the
tear down, I'll probably just finish packing up my hanger crap, and
walk away from the RV-3 until the hanger is finished.
Once again, thanks for the comments. It doesn't sound
like there's any clear consensus on which way to go, so I'll just have
to think about it, and make a decision. Maybe the contents of the oil
filter will make the decision for me, though that could only be in a
bad way.
Cheers,
Rusty